An archaic past tense or past participle meaning named, called, or designated (from the obsolete verb 'beneme').
From 'beneme' (to name), with '-pt' as an archaic past tense ending. Used in Middle and Early Modern English, now found only in historical texts and literature.
Medieval and Renaissance writers loved 'benempt'—you'll find it in old poems where someone is 'benempt noble knight' (called a noble knight). It's the literary equivalent of ancient hieroglyphics to modern readers!
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